Ed, it seems to me that people don't want to read much about anything; they
just want to be able to *do* immediately what they want to do ... and they
are coming to have less and less patience with anything (particularly on the
Web) that does not enable them to do so.
If others agree that's true, we should have a dialog regarding what to try
to do about it.
Owen
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From: start-bounces at metagovernment.org
[mailto:start-bounces at metagovernment.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pastore
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:36 AM
To: Metagovernment Project
Subject: [MG] Is Main Page unapproachable?
Often when I refer people to our website, I get feedback that they
either "don't get it yet" or "didn't have time to wade through it
all." Or various things like that.
In part, this is a fundamental problem with the current information-
overload that everyone is facing thanks to the internet. There is so
much out there, that when we encounter something new, we hope we can
skim it for 15 seconds and completely understand it. If not... oh
well, time to move on to something else.
I thought the newest iteration of the Main Page was specifically
oriented to addressing that problem, but I still get that same feedback.
So, can anyone come up with ways to make it even more approachable?
I have started a new draft
http://metagovernment.org/wiki/Main_Page/2010-06
and modified it some. Please feel free to expand on that work, or
propose something else entirely.
I also tried to slim down and reorganize
http://metagovernment.org/wiki/Collaborative_governance
since it is the "Read more..." link.
Thanks.
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